"Boris Rankov Nikolas Boris Rankov (born 9 August 1954) is a British professor of Roman history at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is a former rower and current umpire. Rankov was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, the only son of Radoslav and Helga Rankov. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School (1963–73), then subsequently Corpus Christi College, Oxford (MA 1980, DPhil 1987). He is best known for his participation in the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, which Oxford won six times between 1978 and 1983, three times with Rankov in the 4 seat and three times in the 5 seat. This"
"6 consecutive titles at World Championships — Sergey Beloglazov 19 consecutive team titles at World Championships — USSR 9 consecutive titles at World Championships — Alexander Karelin Note: winner of 3 consecutive Olympic gold medals (1988–1996) 21 consecutive team titles at World Championships — USSR and Russia 6 consecutive team titles at World Championships — Japan 159 matches — Cael Sanderson, Iowa State Note: never lost a single NCAA match in entire collegiate career (1998–2002) 459 consecutive matches — Brandon High School, Brandon, Florida 69 matches — Futabayama Sadaji 3 consecutive titles — Pankaj Advani 3 consecutive titles — India"
"six. Viswanathan Anand is the only player to have won both the rapid and blindfold events in the same year (he did it twice, in 1997 and 2005). The most rapid events have been won by Anand (nine times), and the most blindfold events have been won by Kramnik (nine times). Nearly every world class player has played in the tournament but Garry Kasparov. Vassily Ivanchuk is the only player to have played in all 20 editions. The 20th Amber Tournament was held in 2011 in Monaco, as was the first Amber Tournament. The first tournament was played 3–13 February"
"coach at CSKA Moscow. Michail Markov Michail Gerasimovich Markov (; 1938 – 5 May 2012) was a Russian cyclist who won a silver medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1967. This was the only medal for the Soviet Unions in the entire history of those championships. After winning a national title in 1959 in the 100 km team pursuit, he changed to motor-paced racing. In this event he won a medal at every national championship between 1961 and 1976, including 11 consecutive gold medals between 1966 and 1976. In 1977 he retired from competitions and for several decades"
"from the beginning and a couple of years into the new millennium. Until the Finnish gold in Riga 2005, Sweden had won all Team World Championships, until 2006 only Swedes had won the Open Swedish Masters, and until 2007 all individual world champions were Swedes. But the new generation comes from Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Latvia, Canada, Denmark, USA, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Norway, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia and Lithuania, and its current big star is Maxim Borisov from Russia who is the reigning World and European champion. Borisov has been ranked #1 in the world since December 2013. Since the"
"from 1962 to 1977, and Pakistani Jahangir Khan, who won the men's title for 10 consecutive times from 1982 to 1991. The event has been held at various venues since the challenge system ended in 1947. + later rounds held at Conference Centre After being staged at the Wembley Conference Centre for 10 years until 1994 with some capacity crowds, the event began to move around Britain with eight different venues over the next 17 years – only twice staying in the same venue for consecutive years. The competition suffered much uncertainty as it continued to move around the country."
"e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9.h3 Bd7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Qd2 b5 12.Bd3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Qe2 e5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.fxe5 0-0-0 18.0-0-0 Qc6 19.Rgf1 dxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bf5+ Kb7 22.Rxd5 Rxd5 23.Be4 Bc5 24.Rd1 Ka7 25.Bxd5 Qe8 26.Be6 fxe5 27. Qxe5 1-0 From Leningrad 1971, Yuri Balashov-Savon 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Bf4 Re8 11.Qc2 Na6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Qb6 14.b3 Nd7 15.a3 Bd4 16.Rad1 Ne5 17.Be2 Rac8 18.Na4 Qd8 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Bh6 Nc7 21.Bxf8"
"Vasily Panov Vasily Nikolayevich Panov (, November 1, 1906 – January 13, 1973) was a Soviet chess player, author, and journalist. Winner of the Moscow City Championship in 1929, he also played in five USSR Chess Championships from 1935 to 1948. His greatest tournament victory was Kiev, 1938. Awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 1950, Panov is best known for his chess writings and theoretical work on the openings. He was chess correspondent for ""Izvestia"" from 1942 to 1965. His many books include a beginners' guide, biographies of Alekhine and Capablanca, and ""Kurs debyutov"" (1957), Russia's best-selling book"
"with whom he had a son before their 2005 divorce; and to Daria (Dasha), with whom he has two children, a daughter born in 2006 and a son born in 2015. They live in New York City. Kasparov's wife manages his business activities worldwide as the founder of Kasparov International Management Inc. On 22 August 2006, in his first public chess games since his retirement, Kasparov played in the Lichthof Chess Champions Tournament, a blitz event played at the time control of 5 minutes per side and 3 second increments per move. Kasparov tied for first with Anatoly Karpov, scoring"
"Michail Markov Michail Gerasimovich Markov (; 1938 – 5 May 2012) was a Russian cyclist who won a silver medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1967. This was the only medal for the Soviet Unions in the entire history of those championships. After winning a national title in 1959 in the 100 km team pursuit, he changed to motor-paced racing. In this event he won a medal at every national championship between 1961 and 1976, including 11 consecutive gold medals between 1966 and 1976. In 1977 he retired from competitions and for several decades worked as a cycling"
"swimming pools of the Central Sport Club of the Army (CSKA) have become the main venue for the Games. The Honorary Chairman of the Judging Committee of the Winners Games was the legendary sportsman Alexander Popov, an outstanding Soviet and Russian swimmer, a four-time Olympic champion, a six-time World champion and a 21-time European champion. More than 450 children from 28 Russian regions ranging from Siberia to Kaliningrad, and 11 countries came to Moscow for the Fifth Anniversary World Children's Winners Games. The competitions were held on 20–22 June. Teams from Moldova and Kazakhstan came to Moscow for the first"
"and Karpov obtained the title by default. Karpov defended his title twice against Viktor Korchnoi and dominated the 1970s and early 1980s with a string of tournament successes. Karpov's reign finally ended in 1985 at the hands of another Russian player, Garry Kasparov. Kasparov and Karpov contested five world title matches between 1984 and 1990; Karpov never won his title back. In 1993, Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short broke with FIDE to organize their own match for the title and formed a competing Professional Chess Association (PCA). From then until 2006, there were two simultaneous World Champions and World Championships:"
"and formed a rival organisation, the PCA (Professional Chess Association). In response, FIDE stripped Kasparov of his status and organised an event to determine a new champion — this event was won by Anatoly Karpov. Kasparov claimed that, as he had not been defeated by a challenger to his title in a match, and in fact had defeated the rightful challenger (Nigel Short in 1993), that he was still the reigning world champion. Thus, for the first time since the inaugural World Championship in 1886, there were two rival World Chess Championships. The PCA ran a world championship cycle similar"
"Volkoff of the Russian National anthem. On July 29, 2018, Volkoff died at the age 70, ending the team permanently. The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff were a heel professional wrestling tag team who competed in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1984 to 1987. After Sheik had lost The WWF world title to Hulk Hogan and Volkoff who had left the WWF after previously being billed as Bepo Mongol being part of a tag team called The Mongols managed by ""Captain"" Lou Albano who had held the WWF International Tag Team Championship twice,"
"with the Val Barker Trophy, awarded to the best boxer of the tournament. In boxing, Kazakhstan performed well in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Two boxers, Bekzat Sattarkhanov and Yermakhan Ibraimov, earned gold medals. Another two boxers, Bulat Zhumadilov and Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov, earned silver medals. It should also be noted that Oleg Maskaev, born in Zhambyl, representing Russia, was the WBC Heavyweight Champion after knocking out Hasim Rahman on 12 August 2006. The reigning WBA, WBC, IBF and IBO middleweight champion is Kazakh boxer Gennady Golovkin. Natascha Ragosina, representing Russia, but from Karaganda held seven versions of the"
"During that time he was also a member of Union Européenne de Cyclisme. For his achievements he was awarded the Order of Friendship. He is married and has two sons Mikhail and Konstantin; Mikhail is a martial arts practitioner whereas Konstantin is an ice hockey player. Aleksandr Gusyatnikov Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gusyatnikov ( born 5 October 1951) is a retired Russian road cyclist. He won the races of Rás Tailteann (1970), Ruban Granitier Breton (1975), Circuit de Saône-et-Loire (1976) and the Tour of Bulgaria (1976). He was part of the Soviet team that won the Peace Race in 1972 and 1975–1978."
"won the event (in 1997-98 Anand was top rated, followed by Karpov). This event was won by Ruslan Ponomariov. FIDE abandoned the knockout format in 2005, instead running the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 as an 8 player, double round robin tournament. However FIDE still held a 2005 knockout tournament called the ""FIDE World Cup"", as the first stage of qualification for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. It roughly fills the place of the old Interzonal tournaments, with the top 10 placegetters qualifying for the 2007 Candidates Tournament. The world championship was eventually reunified in 2006, when classical champion"
"at the Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy. His Russian team included Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mikhail Youzhny, Andrei Stoliarov, and captain Shamil Tarpischev. The team made Davis Cup history by being the second to win the event after losing the doubles tie-breaker, and becoming the first team to win a (live-televised) five-set finals match by coming back from a two-set deficit. Safin helped Russia to win the Davis Cup in 2006. After a straight-sets defeat by David Nalbandian in his first match, his doubles victory (partnering Dmitry Tursunov) against Nalbandian and Agustín Calleri and singles victory against José Acasuso drove Russia to victory."
"half of medical treatment. Mark Taimanov Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. Also a prolific chess author, Taimanov became a Grandmaster in 1952, and in 1956 won the USSR Chess Championship. Several chess variations are named after him. A modern Renaissance man, Taimanov was also a world-class concert pianist. Taimanov was a World Championship Candidate twice, in 1953 and 1971. In 1971, however, he lost his Candidates match by 6–0 to Bobby Fischer, causing embarrassment"
"company Braingames was formed to finance a Kasparov-Kramnik match in October 2000. Shirov was aggrieved, and even in 2006 maintained that Kramnik was not a valid world champion. However, most supporters of Kasparov's title believe that, despite the unsatisfactory way in which a challenger was chosen, nevertheless the winner of this match would be the true World Champion. Kramnik had a far better record against Kasparov than Shirov did (a point Kasparov emphasised when the match was announced in April 2000). In the years that followed, Kasparov maintained an overwhelming plus score in his individual games against Shirov. According to"
"stories from the telegraph stations regularly throughout the race. It was held during a time when cars were fairly new and the route traversed remote areas of Asia where people were not yet familiar with motor travel. The route between Peking and Lake Baikal had only previously been attempted on horseback. The race was won by Italian Prince Scipione Borghese of the Borghese family, accompanied by the journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr. He was confident and had even taken a detour from Moscow to St Petersburg for a dinner which was held for the team, and afterwards headed back to Moscow"
"the national team lost in the Quarterfinals 4-2 on penalty kicks to Croatia, their best ever finish as an independent nation. Russia has an extensive history of martial arts. Some of its best-known forms include the fistfight, Sambo, and Systema with its derivatives Ryabko's Systema and Retuinskih's System ROSS. Undefeated lightweight UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is from Makhachkala and was called by President Vladimir Putin following his victory over Conor McGregor State symbols of Russia include the Byzantine double-headed eagle, combined with St. George of Moscow in the Russian coat of arms; these symbols date from the time of the"
"won seven races, Norway won twice (Anders Aukland, 2004; Jørgen Aukland, 2008), and Estonia won once (Olle, 2000). Vasaloppet has been called a rite of passage for Swedes. Aside from the winners, some of the noted people who have completed the race are: Vasaloppet The race was inspired by a notable journey made by King Gustav Vasa when he was fleeing from Christian II's soldiers in 1520. The modern competition started in 1922 and it has been a part of the Worldloppet events since 1978. In 1520, the young nobleman Gustav Ericsson Vasa was fleeing from the troops of Christian"
"Chris Markoff Chris Markoff is a Yugoslavian/American retired professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with professional wrestling promotions in the Midwestern United States in the 1960s. Markoff was born in Yugoslavia and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. Markoff began his career in the Minneapolis-based American Wrestling Association in the mid-1960s. Managed by Professor Steve Druk, he feuded with The Crusher. He became AWA World Tag Team Champion with Harley Race in January 1967 after Race's original partner, Larry Hennig, sustained a broken leg. Their reign ended in November 1967 when they were defeated by"
"six times by Erik Zabel and Peter Sagan. The first year the points classification was used it was sponsored by La Belle Jardinière, a lawn mower producer, and the jersey was made green. In 1968 the jersey was changed to red to please the sponsor. However, the color was changed back the following year. For almost 25 years the classification was sponsored by Pari Mutuel Urbain, a state betting company. However they announced in November 2014 that they would not be continuing their sponsorship, and in March 2015 it was revealed that the green jersey would now be sponsored by"
"Black / Rennae Stubbs, 6–2, 6–4 2005 Kremlin Cup The 2006 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 16th edition of the Kremlin Cup, and was part of the International Series of the 2005 ATP Tour, and of the Tier I Series of the 2005 WTA Tour. It took place at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, from 10 October through 16 October 2005. Igor Andreev def. Nicolas Kiefer, 5–7, 7–6, 6–2 Mary Pierce def. Francesca Schiavone, 6–4, 6–3 Max Mirnyi / Mikhail Youzhny def. Igor Andreev / Nikolay Davydenko, 5–1, 5–1 Lisa"
"of a deposed champion to a rematch, and the next champion, Armenian Tigran Petrosian, a genius of defense and strong positional player, was able to hold the title for two cycles, 1963–69. His successor, Boris Spassky from Russia (1969–72), was a player able to win in both positional and sharp tactical style. The next championship saw the first non-Soviet challenger since World War II, Bobby Fischer, who defeated his Candidates opponents by unheard-of margins and won the world championship match. In 1975, however, Fischer refused to defend his title against Soviet Anatoly Karpov when FIDE refused to meet his demands,"
"""London Docklands Speed Chess Challenge"" at the London Hippodrome. Kasparov won the match with 4 wins, two losses, and no draws in six games. In 1988, FIDE organized the inaugural World Active Chess Championship, a 61-player rapid chess tournament in Mazatlan, Mexico hosted by the Mazatlan Hoteliers Association. Notable participants included: The event was won by Anatoly Karpov, who edged out GM Viktor Gavrikov on tiebreak points after their 1st-place playoff ended in a 5-5 tie. Karpov was subsequently named the new ""Active Chess Champion"", winning a $40,000 cash prize in the process. Garry Kasparov, the current world champion, declined"
"the teams (two teams from 1999 to 2004; four teams from 2006) divided by their presenting countries or region, or their gender, and the winning team determined by their overall performance across six races. The winning team is presented with a silver trophy of Shergar, donated by the Aga Khan. Described as ""racing's most populist event"", it attracts around 30,000 spectators each year, and is recognised for attracting families and other new spectators beyond the usual race-going demographic. The event was championed by the British Horseracing Board chairman Peter Savill, with the aim of creating a competition similar to the"
"(with the exception of 1996). Since 2010, the tournament has not been held for financial reasons. The event, sponsored by Spanish businessman Luis Rentero, was first held in 1978. At that time it was not an elite event and was won by the relatively unknown Swede, Jaan Eslon (on tie-break from the Argentine Roberto Debarnot). After the following year's event, it was held every other year until 1987 when no tournament took place, that being the year that Linares hosted the Candidates' Final, a match to determine a challenger for Kasparov's world title featuring Anatoly Karpov and Andrei Sokolov. The"
"ever defeated a world champion in match play. A documentary film was made about this famous match-up entitled """". In that film Kasparov casually says, ""I have to tell you that, you know, game two was not just a single loss of a game. It was a loss of the match, because I couldn't recover."" It should be noted, however, that in game 6, Kasparov blundered very early into the game. Kasparov cites tiredness and unhappiness with the IBM team's conduct at the time as the main reason. Kasparov claimed that several factors weighed against him in this match. In"
"individual competition in six consecutive Olympics, by winning a bronze.. Other athletes who won medals in six consecutive Olympics did not do so in the same individual competition: Aladár Gerevich, a fencer from Hungary, won six gold medals between 1932 and 1960 with the Hungarian team; Elisabeta Lipă, a rower from Romania, won her medals between 1984 and 2004 in different disciplines (single scull, double scull, quadruple scull and eight). Armin Zöggeler Armin Zöggeler (born 4 January 1974) is a retired Italian luger and double Olympic champion. He is one of the most successful men in the sport, nicknamed ""Il"
"victory by Anatoly Karpov in Mazatlan was officially called the ""World Active Championship"", but FIDE changed the word 'active' to 'rapid' soon after. In 1992 FIDE held the Women’s World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Budapest, Hungary. Both Rapid and Blitz Championships were won by Susan Polgar. The 2001 victory by Garry Kasparov in the FIDE World Cup of Rapid Chess (organized by the French Chess Federation in Cannes) was held contemporaneously to the Melody Amber rapids (thus splitting the top players between the two events), and is sometimes considered to be official, but it was never named as a"